A good first step would be let them keep their jobs, but strip them of any authority. This already happens at some companies - the architects provide guidance which dev teams are not required to follow.
I think it's absolutely insane that we live in a world where many people with an "architect" title don't write code, and sometimes have never written code in their life! That would be like a world full of chess coaches who don't play chess! They just read BS articles like "Skewers are the new forks" or whatever.
I think it's absolutely insane that we live in a world where many people with an "architect" title don't write code, and sometimes have never written code in their life! That would be like a world full of chess coaches who don't play chess! They just read BS articles like "Skewers are the new forks" or whatever.